showing (verb)
1showing — noun 1 how sb/sth behaves or performs ADJECTIVE ▪ good, impressive, respectable, strong ▪ disappointing, disastrous (esp. BrE), dismal, lacklustre/lackluster …
2Verb argument — In linguistics, a verb argument is a phrase that appears in a syntactic relationship with the verb in a clause. In English, for example, the two most important arguments are the subject and the direct object.[1] Nearly all languages identify… …
3Germanic verb — The Germanic language family is one of the language groups that resulted from the breakup of Proto Indo European (PIE). It in turn divided into North, West and East Germanic groups, and ultimately produced a large group of mediaeval and modern… …
4Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …
5Irregular verb — In contrast to regular verbs, irregular verbs are those verbs that fall outside the standard patterns of conjugation in the languages in which they occur.When comparing languages, one measure often brought into play as one of the few quantitative …
6Passive verb — Passive Pas sive, a. [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See {Passion}.] 1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. [1913 Webster] The passive air Upbore… …
7active verb form — form in which the verb is showing the subject of the verb as acting (Grammar) …
8show — [c]/ʃoʊ / (say shoh) verb (showed, shown or showed, showing) –verb (t) 1. to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display; present. 2. to point out: to show the way. 3. to guide; escort: he showed me to my room. 4. to make clear; make known;… …
9show off — verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (Freq. 4) he showed off his new sports car • Syn: ↑flaunt, ↑flash, ↑ostentate, ↑swank • Derivationally related forms: ↑ostentation …
10bottle up — verb control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior • Syn: ↑inhibit, ↑suppress • Derivationally related forms: ↑suppression (for: ↑suppress) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
